The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Cast & Crew
Edwin L. Marin
Mary Carlisle
Buster Crabbe
Charles Starrett
Florence Lake
Eddie Tamblyn
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Beautiful co-ed Vivian is known as the "Sigma Siren" because of her reputation as a Rawley campus flirt and femme fatale . All the members of the university rowing team fall for Vivian, except Bob North, who is devoted to his sport. One day, Vivian tries to attract Bob's attention by pretending to drown in a river, but after rescuing her, Bob realizes that he has been tricked. Later, when Bob returns Vivian's dress to her sorority, the Theta Beta House, the other girls open the package and tease him. Driven to distraction by his suspicion that Vivian is merely toying with him, and that the person she is really infatuated with is Morley, a Kappa man, Bob's performance on the crew begins to falter. As a result, he is taken off the team and replaced by Morley. When Bob takes back the pin he gave to Vivian, she becomes angry and tells him that she and Morley are engaged. On the day of the big homecoming race, Bob is reinstated on the team because Morley has suffered a broken arm. Still distracted by thoughts of Vivian, Bob rows poorly and causes his team to fall behind, until he is told that Vivian has rejected Morley and will be waiting for him at the finish line. Newly inspired by the news, Bob rows his team to an easy win. After the race, Bob gains Vivian's admiration when he performs a daring rescue and saves the drowning coxswain and his girl friend Dizzy. Vivian then shows her true feelings for Bob by showing him her heart-shaped pin collection cushion, which now only sports Bob's pin.
Director
Edwin L. Marin
Cast
Mary Carlisle
Buster Crabbe
Charles Starrett
Florence Lake
Eddie Tamblyn
Sally Starr
Mary Blackford
Tom Dugan
Burr Mcintosh
Major Goodsell
Ted Fio Rito And His Orchestra
Leif Erickson
Billy Carey
Betty Grable
Muzzy Marcellene
The Three Midshipmen
The Three Blue Keys
Crew
Albert E. Demond
Ted Fio-rito
W. T. Lackey
Eddie Prinz
Luther Reed
Byron D. Stokes
John A. Stransky Jr.
F. Dudleigh Vernor
George Waggner
George Waggner
Edward Ward
Gil Warrenton
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
Notes
The song upon which this film was based had been made popular by Rudy Vallee. Although a contemporary news item in Hollywood Reporter noted that actor John Wayne had been cast in the film, he did not appear in the released picture. Another Hollywood Reporter news item lists Franklin Parker in the cast, but his appearance in the final film has not been confirmed. According to a Film Daily news item, Major Goodsell was a world champion sculler and coach of the UCLA sculling team. Monogram remade The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi in 1946, with Jack Bernhard directing and Phil Regan and Elyse Knox starring.
